August 28, 2010

A USC Fan's Perfect Day: In the '70s, USC announcer Peter Arbogast invented the concept of the Perfect Day, which is "when the Trojans win while UCLA and Notre Dame suffer losses at the same time." The last occurred Nov. 28, 2009. The tradition led other schools to define their own. What's your alma mater's Perfect Day?

posted by rcade to football at 05:43 PM - 7 comments

UCLA, Stanford, Arkansas, Michigan, and USC all lose.

Not because of rivalries or dislike for the schools, but because those programs are all currently headed up by members of the League of Insufferables.

There are plenty more members of the league, but Neuheisel, Harbaugh, Petrino, Rodriguez, and Kiffin make a good starting five.

posted by beaverboard at 07:36 PM on August 28, 2010

Any time Florida looses. Hell, if UGA looses and Florida looses too, I consider it a win.

posted by jmd82 at 11:31 PM on August 28, 2010

Oberlin's bus breaks down and Antioch volunteers to field a team in their place.

posted by Hugh Janus at 08:19 AM on August 29, 2010

Minnesota winning and Wisconsin losing is all I need. Unless hockey is the sport du jour, in which case a North Dakota loss has to be added.

posted by TheQatarian at 08:32 AM on August 29, 2010

I'm at a point where a North Texas win is all I could hope for.

posted by rcade at 09:28 AM on August 29, 2010

UWaterloo plays a football game.

posted by grum@work at 11:23 AM on August 29, 2010

Michigan's perfect day is when Ohio State, Michigan State, and Notre Dame all lose. It would be a little sweeter if Ohio State's loss came against Michigan but that is a bit too much to hope for.

Central Michigan's perfect day is beating an in-state Big Ten school.

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 11:32 AM on August 29, 2010

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